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myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078) 3 years ago

I'm in a little Texas town about fifty miles from Houston. It is at the corner of two state higways, of which one runs parallel to the railroad tracks and the other crosses the railroad tracks running north and south to other small towns about fifteen miles away. From this intersection, if you travel about 3/4 of a mile in any direction, you will leave town so it is pretty small but we have a McDonalds/Shell gas station, John Deere tractor dealership, dairy queen, sonic, subway, private pizza shop, grocery store, two convenience stores, two banks and even a mexican restaurant. On all sides of town are farm fields spreading as far as the eye can see where they grow cotton, corn and sorghum. Within the neighborhoods hides a county library, elementary school, middle school and high school but you rarely see the kids as they are bused in from the surrounding farms except on school sports nights when they gather at the dairy queen. Population 1800

Yup, a little hole in the wall but I like it, at night when I sit here writing by the open window, I can hear the coyotes as they skirt the edge of town hunting and looking for scraps left out.

So, how about you?

Can you decribe your home town?

 

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1. myLot reputation of 93/100. learn2earn (16956)   ranked 3,482 out of 19,273 in questions & answers   3 years ago

I have read some stories about the bravery of the people in Texas. I think that your town is now very progressive economically an in terms of human resources. My home town is one of the poorest town in my country. But slowly, it is improving though in a snail-pace. It is one of the forgotten town but sits the 8th wonder of the world. We call it the Republic of Ifugao!lol


myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078)  3 years ago

Is it a farming community or do the people there go to other places to work? What is the way people make a living in your town?

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2. myLot reputation of 81/100. Preciousgem (1135)   ranked 5,730 out of 19,273 in questions & answers   3 years ago

In my hometown, there are too busy people, in terms of work and business to provide income in the family, there are a lots of people here, and store, mall, school, restaurant, amusement park, churches, fast food, and all of the people are feel contented by singing, having party, dress nicely, and socializing with each other, sometimes their have a fight, in words, or in physical aspect and it easily controlled there anger and sometimes they argue everyday the same topics, the people here are very noisy, and always outside near their home.


myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078)  3 years ago

Sounds very active, busy and crowded!

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3. myLot reputation of 100/100. Porcospino (5872)   ranked 17 out of 19,273 in questions & answers   3 years ago

I live in a village in Denmark. In Denmark there is a peninsula and more than 400 islands. Some of those islands are very small, but I live on one of the big islands (Funen) In my village there are around 1200 people, and we have a grocery store, a post office, a bakery, a bank, a school and a kindergarden. My home is not a farm, but there are many farms in my village. I wasn't born here and it took me a while to get used to living in the countryside, but now I enjoy living here. If we want to go shopping, go to the library or eat at a restaurant we have to go a nearby town. It is not a big place, the population is about 6000, but compared to the village where I live it it seems big lol Close to this town there is a small island called Baagoe. I have been there once, it is beautiful and quiet place.


myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078)  3 years ago

Wow, it sounds wonderful! Surrounded by the sea and a close traditional community! I have dreamed of living in a place like this. Despite the fact that this is a small town, I know only a few of my neighbors and most everyone simply resides here but works and lives in Houston, a city of 4 million +.

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4. myLot reputation of 20/100. pmbhuntress (699)   3 years ago

Well for crying out loud if you was driving down 210 hwy in North Carolina or even down 401 Hwy in NC, you would most likely miss us. Kipling is about the smallest town there is. Sure there is a post office its about a 12'x12' room. Thats it. Other then that we do have a school. The Lafayette school is loacted in kipling and half of the Harnett county Elementary school children go there. Other then that we are pretty much full of Sub divisions, and Tobacco fields. And just in case if you want to do some sight seeing there is an indian museum about 1 mile from me, and 1/10 of a mile from the post office. Of course I actually took the kids there once it wasnt much to really look at. Some old run down log cabins was all we saw that were about ready to fall down, what they had to do with indians I do not know? Nor did I ask.blink

The good thing is that its 1 hour from Raleigh and 1 hour from Fayetteville. Of course I never drive in the city so therefore I never get to neither. The closest towns are Fuquay Varina (known for its huge flea market), Lillington, and Angier (known for its Crepe Myrtle days).



myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078)  3 years ago

Last year March, my wife and I moved to Lenoir, NC up hwy 321 from Hickory. I really loved NC and plan to return there if I ever get my writing to become my income as work was not to be had and I returned to Texas a year ago this week. I looked at mapquest and found that you are closer to the coast, still a bit away but more in the area I intend to look at next ime, if there is a next time. We had thought of living in Boone or Hickory but had a hard time finding places as at the time rentals were scarce! Do you ever trek to the coast for fishing and playing on the beaches?


myLot reputation of 20/100. pmbhuntress (699)  3 years ago

Its 3 hour drive to the beach from here so its sort of a long drive. We went only one time in all the time I have lived here. We really live way out in the Boonies. Yet if you drive about 4 miles away your in Lillington. So its not to bad.


myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078)  3 years ago

Three hours sure beats the six it would have taken us from where we were! But then, we always knew if we would go, it would be for a weekend. Leave Friday afternoon, get a motel and stay until sunday afternoon. Have you noticed the news in S.C. about 50 miles west of Charlotte? Seems a serial killer is running around there!


myLot reputation of 20/100. pmbhuntress (699)  3 years ago

Yes we heard. I would rather have them there then here any day. I already have one man in my neighborhood that killed someone and got off for turning in 3 drug dealers. So in our eyes he is still a killer. I lost my cousin in Raleigh just 2 years ago this past Memorial he was working at the Circus restaurant in Raleigh and was shot in the back of the head. So I have to say that there is alot of crime around the area.

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5. myLot reputation of 77/100. MYKLJ999_VERSION_2 (2961)   3 years ago

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myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078)  3 years ago

You mykl, since I'm unemployed now and itchin for a "research" trip for my writing I might just have to take ya up on that! I'm jealous, you got a Burger King AND a taco bell AND a KFC!!!! I love fried chicken! I'll buy a big bucket Friday night and eat it all weekend long!


myLot reputation of 20/100. pmbhuntress (699)  3 years ago

SQUIRRELS!!!w00t They always steal my panties. I cant imagine moving there.


myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078)  3 years ago

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6. myLot reputation of 96/100. daryljane (1325)   ranked 1,780 out of 19,273 in questions & answers   3 years ago

Im also in a little town near Cebu City called Argao. Its 2 hours away bus ride or an hour and half when youre on private car. Right now, i can say its booming. The municipal plaza, the newly built Gymnasuim and some barangay halls now have free Wi-Fi access, so if you have laptops, you can connect easily without a problem. We have 4 private pre-school and growing grade school. We also have private and public highschool and a State College which is already PAACO acredited. Since its near the beach, we have a line of beach resorts owned privately and one owned by the municipal where you can rent like php 200 per day usage of the cottage. early next year, they will start building the new AMALL (Argao Mall) as they call it. the church and the mayor are working hand in hand to beautify the town to attract tourist. We also have this Riverston castle, made entirely of riverstone and the when you get visit the place, its like youre going back to 18 centuries where knights and castles and kingdom like exist. the mayr has been working hard to clean our corrupton within the town, made sure the local transportation have place to park whle waiting for passengers. So, for the last 20 years, since the new mayor start running the town, its the only time we see a new Argao and better place to live. So we owe it all to him and hoping he will continue until he finishes 2 terms.


myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078)  3 years ago

Sounds like a pretty busy place. It's nice to hear that the area is booming though, as work is slow in a lot of places!

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7. myLot reputation of 89/100. colydf (816)   ranked 1,546 out of 19,273 in questions & answers   3 years ago

I live in China, and my hometown is a little town. Though it is not a big city, do not have so many modern techniques and facilities, do not have so many entertainments to have fun, I love it, after all. There are green mountains with many beautiful flowers, there are creeks which you could catch small fish in it, there are many good-tastes fruits you can pick directly from the trees. I like my hometown a lot~


myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078)  3 years ago

It sounds like a wonderful place! The cities and modern facilities are over rated as far as I'm concerned. I would much rather have the mountains, woods, fruit trees and places to fish!

I'm starting to think I need to find a place to go!

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8. myLot reputation of 76/100. harishkowshik (222)   ranked 10,331 out of 19,273 in questions & answers   3 years ago

hi strongheart. I am happy for you to be in Texas. i always wanted to be there. I think its a really nice place to live in. I am from INDIA. I reside in a city by name Chennai in south India. The city is famous for Beaches. Here we have the Asia's second Largest beach (marina) and some real good beaches like elliot and kovalam. The food is also marvelous with Indian type. Education is great with IIT's and reginal Universities. The city has countless number of high schools and you can find friendly people all ways through.


myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078)  3 years ago

I have met a lot of people from India since joining myLot. Your country is very diverse.

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9. t3nk0_weed (20)   3 years ago

I am in the one of the biggest towns in Bulgaria - Bourgas.Bourgas is in the east side of the country.Its situated on the Black sea coast.There are about 250000 people.There are Shopping mall,Mc Donalds,Mc Drive,KFC.....and many other things.....


myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078)  3 years ago

Greetings! I had to look at a map to see exactly where Bulgaria is. Yours is a land of diverse environments!

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10. myLot reputation of 70/100. cannette1 (1404)   3 years ago

i live about 20 miles west of tucson out in the middle of the desert. we have a couple "general" stores, a feed store, the best pizza place in the state and a steakhouse that raises and kills their cattle for dinner:) there's an elementary school and, i think, a high shool. i know most of the neighbors and, for the most part, their decent, quiet people who got tired of living in the city. its boring sometimes but its quiet, i still see coyote's everyday and a couple months ago i saw a fox.


myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078)  3 years ago

You know, I remember a lot about Arizona from when I was a kid and your area sounds like what Whitman used to be like before the automobile test facility went in out there. I guess it's just so common to you, but how could you tell someone about your area there in the sonoran desert and not mention saguaro cactus?


myLot reputation of 70/100. cannette1 (1404)  3 years ago

oh yeah and we have saguaro catus which only grow in the sonoran desert of southern arizona and northern mexico.

you can alos go visit the San Xavier del Bac mission. there are 40 carved angels on the wall behind the altar (i counted them)

http://www.sanxaviermission.org/Index.html


myLot reputation of 78/100. Strongheart (1078)  3 years ago

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